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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Part 1: This untitled, silent, color travelog dates to the mid-to-late 1950s and was taken by a Christian missionary traveling around Africa - likely working on healing leper colonies in Kenya and elsewhere. This film is likely paired with another film of a similar style made that depicts more of the missionary work. This particular film, however, depicts the pastimes of the missionaries such as hunting in the African savannah and observing the cultural customs of a local Maasai tribe. Please note, the film does include graphic footage of the deformities and injuries of local people suffering from leprosy that some people may find disturbing. African Savanna: Giraffe in arid field (0:06). Elephants roam through candelabra trees (2:22). Dazzle of zebras (3:54). Hunter wearing safari greens, Pith Helmet sits on grass and positions hunting rifle towards zebras; Close-up zebra carcass (4:09). Giraffes chase each other (4:41). Hunters on safari lean against black Chevrolet Deluxe as they ride on river ferry (5:09). Perhaps Maasai women stand amid dry landscape wearing taupe colored cloth wrapped around their bodies (not typical Shuka cloth), elaborate large-scale beaded necklaces and earrings adorn their heads and necks (6:41). Perhaps Maasai Inkajijik (mud hut) (7:49). Women and children in same decorative jewelry (8:06). Male members of community (hunters/ warriors) also wear orange/taupe colored cloth and walk around lands with spears (8:34). Close-up faces of Maasai warriors; feathers, stones, other charms adorn hair and neck and ears; One warrior wears traditional Shuka cloth (9:03). Close-up portrait of one of the men; Large earrings and mirrored gages adorn ear (10:34). Maasai men stand beside white hunter driving 50s-era pick-up truck (11:24). Women prepare grain by sorting in different baskets; One woman uses large stick to ground grain in rock (11:46). Woman rolls out some sort of dough mixture alongside smooth edge of stone (13:44). Young men sit on benches for what appears to be group ministry (14:19). Men ride on pickup bed of perhaps GMC FC101 Pickup; Gather various stones and rocks from different clearings and load them onto truck; Deliver stones and dirts to early stages of building site (14:33). Turtle crawls through some dried grass and twigs along coast of lake (17:21). African buffalo trot towards water (17:31). Men roll metal barrels out of water and load them one-by-one onto back of truck using make-shift ramp of wood planks (17:48). Members of village/ community line up for camera in front of local community center (18:40). Nurse places medication onto spoon to give out to community members (19:26). School-aged kids play recorder in performance for visiting guests (19:36). Members of community line up to receive medication from nurses (21:00). Giraffes roam among trees in savannah (21:19). More footage of men driving around with GMC FC101 Pickup gathering stones, other building materials (21:30). Women wearing hair scarves, cloth dresses perform dance which looks like a slow, rhythmic jog around the village before men join in while dancing with spears, shields with geometric design (22:40). Men dig ditch in front of straw-roofed hut, perhaps burial for a funeral (26:45). Perhaps cameraman poses Maasai warriors in standing position displaying hand-painted shields and spears (27:20). Perhaps village chief arrives as burial ceremony wearing black and white fur pellets on body (29:07). Women from a different tribe - crowd of topless women with ironed breasts, bushel of grass covering loin stare at camera (30:26). Perhaps leper colony: women and children with facial, skin, limb deformities (30:47). Ostrich roams in distance (31:28). Wild boars run through grass (31:33). Elephant stands besides lush green tree (31:41). Children at perhaps orphanage line up for food or medication (32:03). Woman transports gravely injured woman in wheelbarrow; montage various physical deformities, skin marks due to leprosy (32:20). Daily scenes of local village life - man adds straw to roof of hut (34:33). Montage of wildlife: Elephants, African buffalo, giraffes, lionesses, gazelles, birds prey on dead carcass, hippos wade in shallow water, dazzle of zebras, hippopotamus (35:25). Film closes to shot of moon peeking through tree branches (37:59). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
